This farm opens for a single weekend a year, cash only, so getting the timing right matters far more here than at any other farm in this batch.
$95 starting price for cut-your-own, tax included
Cash only. This farm doesn't take cards, based on what we found — bring cash or confirm ahead if that's changed.
Crane Neck Christmas Tree Farm is genuinely unusual among the farms in this batch: rather than running for four or five weeks through the holiday season, it’s documented as opening for just one weekend a year, Friday through Sunday, right after Thanksgiving. In 2026, that places the entire documented operating window at November 27 through November 29. If that pattern holds, there is no later opportunity in December to visit this specific farm.
Most farms in this directory that lack confirmed closing dates still give you weeks of runway to plan around, even with some uncertainty about exactly when the season ends. Crane Neck is different: the entire season, as documented, is three days long. That means the usual advice to “go early for better selection” isn’t really the point here, the more relevant point is that there’s essentially no flexibility at all. If your Thanksgiving weekend plans don’t allow for a visit during that specific Friday-through-Sunday stretch, this farm likely isn’t a realistic option for 2026 based on what’s documented.
An aggregator listing, not the farm’s own website directly, reports that Crane Neck is cash only. That’s a real, if secondhand, detail worth taking seriously: if you show up expecting to pay by card, you may find yourself unable to complete a purchase. Bring cash as a precaution.
Cut-your-own trees start at $95, tax included, according to the farm’s own site, and two varieties are offered: Douglas fir and Balsam fir. That’s a real, specific price, more concrete than several other farms in this batch can offer, which makes budgeting straightforward at least on that front.
Because this farm’s operating pattern is so unusual, a single weekend rather than a multi-week season, it’s worth calling 978-363-1272 to confirm the farm is still running on that exact schedule before you make what could be a special trip. A pattern reported from one recent year isn’t a guarantee it repeats exactly the same way in 2026, even though the day-after-Thanksgiving logic behind the date is a reasonable one.
Crane Neck offers real, specific pricing and species information, but the constraint that actually matters most here is timing: get the single weekend right, bring cash, or this farm effectively isn’t available to you this season.
There's only one window: Friday November 27 through Sunday November 29, 2026, based on the farm's pattern of opening the single weekend right after Thanksgiving. There is no other opportunity to visit this season based on available information.
Not documented, but given the farm's narrow window, plan to go specifically during that weekend rather than treating it as a flexible, anytime option.
Not documented directly, but a single-weekend season concentrates all of this farm's yearly demand into three days, which likely means a busier visit than at farms spreading the same demand across four to five weeks.
Not documented in the record.
Not documented in the record.
Skip this farm entirely if you can't make it during the single weekend right after Thanksgiving, since it isn't documented as open at any other point in the season, and skip it if you don't have cash on hand, since it's reported cash only.
Crane Neck is in West Newbury, on Massachusetts' North Shore near the New Hampshire border. Because its window is so narrow, Smolak Farms in North Andover, open daily during its season, is a useful backup option in this directory if your schedule can't line up with Crane Neck's single weekend.
Just one weekend: Friday, November 27 through Sunday, November 29, based on the farm's pattern of opening the weekend right after Thanksgiving. It is not documented as open at any other time this season.
Cut-your-own starts at $95, tax included, according to the farm's own site.
Reportedly no — an aggregator listing describes the farm as cash only, though this wasn't confirmed on the farm's own site directly.
Douglas fir and Balsam fir.
November 27 – November 29, 2026. Fri-Sun only, one weekend a year.
Trees start at $95. $95 starting price for cut-your-own, tax included
Yes. It's cut-your-own and choose-and-cut (staff cuts it for you).
114 Crane Neck St, West Newbury, MA 01985, in Essex County. It is one of 6 farms we track in Greater Boston/Eastern Massachusetts.
We track 6 farms in Greater Boston/Eastern Massachusetts, 5 of which let you cut your own tree. At $95 to start this one sits below the regional median of $100, undercutting 1 of the 2 priced farms we track here.
Its season runs about 3 days against a regional average of 3, so it is broadly in line with the rest of the region.
There are 4 other farms we track in Essex County. All Greater Boston/Eastern Massachusetts farms →
cranenecktree.com
Checked September 2026.